Red Hat execs explain why Linux vendor's Linux virtualization management solution runs only on Microsoft's rival OS. Andy Cathrow, product marketing manager for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, told InternetNews.com. "We spent a lot of time talking to customers to see what their view was on this and I think with the possible exception of Red Hat, everyone has some Windows in their datacenter."
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Could Microsoft switch to Linux?
You'd expect, as my friend Preston Gralla did, that when someone says "proprietary software is eventually going to be doomed," and that Microsoft's future might best be served in releasing its own version of Linux, that he'd be a Linux fan. Wrong: this prophet of Windows doom and gloom was Keith Curtis, a former Microsoft Research staffer. Could he be right?
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What if...Linux had it's own Commandments?
Sometimes we in the Linux "world" get a bit carried away with a piece of software. We get into out little geek niches and form clubs and setup forums. We have fun with it. Sometimes though, we get a bit "too" carried away. When you live in a digital world and you begin to spend too much time online, the line between reality and virtual reality can get hazy.
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BoomingBang: XO Laptop Role Playing Game
The basic mission of players is to eliminate all other players from the game in a funny way. You control a team of creatures, be it a penguin or Pigeon or a bull.
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Son of the Return of the Rock-n-Roll DOSBox Freak Show
After the time change, when the sun drops dead as soon as you get off work and the frost is forming by six, that's the time when you want classic DOS video games. Because there's only so many hours you can spend reading the Internet before you go all Jack Nicholson on the snowbound household.
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Mandriva 2010 installation walk through
Mandriva is another one of the Linux distributions that has been around for quite some time. This installation will be accomplished with the help of the Live CD. Once you are up and running you will see the Install icon on the desktop. Double click that icon to begin the installation.
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Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. Java applications are compiled to bytecode, which at runtime is either interpreted or compiled to native machine code for execution.
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Possible Formation of FFmpeg Foundation NGO
Recently posted on the FFmpeg Developers mailing list was a request for comment from Ronald Bultje regarding the intention to form an FFmpeg Foundation (although not using that name).
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Everything you need to know about Android 2.0
Android 2.0 (formerly codenamed 'Éclair') is the latest evolution of the mobile OS developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. This version is a chunky upgrade, superceding the current Android 1.6 software (dubbed 'Donut'), which was actually considered "a minor platform release".
Read more »ABI's Jeffrey Orr on rising Linux netbook sales
After ABI Research projected that Linux will take a 32 percent share of netbooks in 2009 and wo;; overtake Windows in 2013, we spoke with ABI analyst Jeffrey Orr on the findings. Orr notes the rise of international consumers and ARM Cortex-A8-based netbooks, and discusses Ubuntu, Moblin, Android, and Chrome OS.
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Microsoft Pretends It Invented Office Suites, Obtains Another Patent on OOXML
Microsoft mocks rivals by pretending that office suites are a Microsoft "innovation"; another XML patent sneaks through
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Debunking the Growing Use of Misleading Claims and False Truisms in Cybersecurity
Second, while many believe that Linux is a more secure software platform, in fact, Linux isn't significantly more secure than the other uncertified systems that are currently on the market.
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Cedega vs Crossover Games A Hands on Review
Which brings me to my topic at hand Cedega and Codeweavers. What are Cedega and Codeweavers? They two closed source programs both based off of the Wine Project to create what it lacks a user friendly interface. Designed to help you get your Windows games working with ease on Linux. They both have their ups and downs and today I am going to look at each program and see how they compare.
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Mavizen's 130 MPH TTX02 Electric Motorcycle Runs on Linux
"Laptop on Wheels": Has an On-Board Web Server, USB Ports, and Wifi Connectivity
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Michael Geist: The ACTA Internet Chapter: Putting the Pieces Together
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations continue in a few hours as Seoul, Korea plays host to the latest round of talks. The governments have posted the meeting agenda, which unsurprisingly focuses on the issue of Internet enforcement.
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